Creative Play Bilingual Homeschool

Aug. 27, 2008

Starting school? and other updates

We are having such a hard time getting started with school this year. Interestingly enough, I've heard the same thing on the MFW loop and other message boards. What is going on? The public school kids started today (grades 1-12), and we were going to, but then... we didn't. I told dd as we were walking up to the mailbox that school had started today for some kids. She was like, "really? Why didn't you tell me? I would have started today." Giving her a sidelong glance, since all she usually does is complain about how school is boring, I told her, "But, you hate school." She replied, "Well, it's not that bad." Someone please help me understand this child! Other updates: no, I did not write her grammar and/or writing curriculum. I got so caught up in other stuff, I just put it off. Now, it's time to start school... I think I'm tired of being ambitious (and failing). There is absolutely nothing wrong with being ordinary, and using a Spanish textbook :). I will still use Classical Writing with Spanish models though. I can homeschool bilingually without reinventing the entire wheel (just put in some prettier spokes here and there). I'm back in school AGAIN. This time, to earn my elementary certification. I'm attending Western Governors University online, and moving through as quickly as I can. I want to teach in an online school. Which has me thinking of what I'm going to do with dd next fall when I'm ready to do student teaching. I'm still forgetting to check the food in the garden. I noticed today we have cucumbers growing. I was getting worried- for a while, all I was seeing were a bunch of leaves and flowers. So many, I started pinching the flowers back. It's starting to get cool at night already. I found another foot-long squash. This time, I took a picture of it next to the measuring tape. The toothpick marks one foot. We got a new puppy. She is 8 months old and a terrier mix like our grumpy old man. We got her from the animal shelter, and man is she scrawny! I just forgot that since I'm writing this on my Mac using Safari browser, I have no html options and will be unable to load up pictures until I'm on my PC. Well, it's 10:26pm, so that'll have to wait until tomorrow. I have zucchini bread to make tonight for dh to take to work tomorrow. Ciao!

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